what being apart from the law means.

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...when you say nihilists I think you mean atheists.

No, I mean nihilists. Let's see denies the existence of God, denies that life has inherent purpose, believes in the finality of death, denies the possibility of an universal moral standard...have I missed anything. If the shoe fits, wear it. I do know some atheists who are not nihilists, but they're pretty rare in these parts.

Besides, calling someone a nihilist is not an insult, it just recognizes the logical consequences of their philosophy. It's not like say calling someone a f*ck-tard or a sheeple. So if it offends you that's too bad. I don't do politically correct when the right word is emotionally neutral.

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I couldn't care less what's politically correct or not. That bridge has overstretched its support structure.

A nihilist is someone who rejects established laws, codes, and institutions of understanding reality. This, does not an atheist make. Rejecting the concept of an unproven god, an unproven afterlife, and accepts that a moral philosophy based on the arbitrary decrees of that unproven god is utter nonsense, does indeed make an atheist.
If you want to go around calling atheists nihilists, if it makes you happy then go ahead. I call them realists.

By the same token, I think I'd be justified in calling someone who does believe in an unproven god, does believe in an unproven afterlife, and does accept that an arbitrary moral system created by an unproven god is a worthwhile means of dictating the lives of themselves and possibly other people, deluded
Emotionally neutral, and fits the bill. Deluded.